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  • 11:11 AM Disney (DIS -0.8%) CEO Robert Iger says the firm will pull the plug on programming if Dish Network's (DISH -1.0%) commercial-skipping service takes off as he dangles Dancing with the Stars as a potential high-profile casualty. While it's very early in the fight, the question of the survivability of commercial-laced TV programming has to be raised with the coming onslaught of original programming from players such as NetFlix, Amazon, Yahoo, Google, Hulu, and others that go lighter on the ads.
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  • 8:29 AM Comcast's (CMCSA) NBCUniversal plans to boost its online coverage of the London Olympics by 3K hours as it moves off of a strategy of holding back from broadcasting events until prime-time slots. NBC execs now see live streaming during the morning and afternoon hours as helping to promote evening programming - instead of cannibalizing it by providing spoilers for the results of key events. The big picture: The latest forecasts still tag Comcast with a loss over its $1.18B investment in the London Games.
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  • Tuesday 3:10 PM Are cable companies lining up for a money grab? Word out of DC is that FCC chief Julius Genachowski backs a pay-for-play Internet fee model, which he claims would raise efficiencies in the market. Cable providers have already been tossing around the idea of charging customers based on Internet usage, instead of a flat fee - with Comcast (CMCSA +1.1%) going as far as saying it will test the model in two U.S. cities.
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  • Tuesday 2:04 PM The National Association of Broadcasters files a federal court appeal to prevent new rules from being implemented that require political ad sponsors to be identified online. The big 4 networks - owned by Disney (DIS), CBS, News Corp. (NWSA), and Comcast (CMCSA) - argue public disclosure of their information and advertising rates gives an unfair advantage to cable and Internet rivals unaffected by the legislation.
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  • Tuesday 12:05 PM InterActiveCorp-backed (IACI +1.1%) Aereo succeeds in getting an unfair competition claim that was part of a lawsuit attempting to shut down its $12/month local TV streaming service dismissed. A ruling is still pending on a copyright infringement claim. Broadcasters such as CBS, ABC, NBC, and Fox accuse Aereo of depriving them of retransmission fees from pay-TV providers (ed: the pay-TV providers aren't thrilled about paying for content that's aired for free).
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  • Tuesday 7:10 AM Comcast (CMCSA) launches Xfinity TV on its X1 next-generation cloud-enabled TV platform. The company says the service - available soon for HD/DVR customers - will use cloud servers to integrate customized apps, social media, and traditional video services - all controlled by an iPhone or iPod touch if desired.
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  • Monday 11:58 AM Hulu continues to add to its arsenal of original content (previous). The latest additions include movie-review show Spoilers, travel series Up to Speed, and U.K.-based comedy Rev. Netflix (NFLX) has been investing in plenty of original content of its own.
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We are a leading provider of video, high-speed Internet and phone services (“cable services”), offering a variety of entertainment, information and communications services to residential and commercial customers. As of December 31, 2009, our cable systems served approximately 23.6 million video... More

Sector: Services
Industry: CATV Systems
Country: United States